Train traffic has resumed but remains “very disturbed”

This direct is now over.

After a day of disruption due to the discovery in the night of a Bomb of the Second World War On a project in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), traffic gradually resumed while remaining still disturbed on Friday March 7 in the evening, Gare du Nord in Paris. According to the websites of the SNCF and the RATP, trains notably started to circulate on the H or K lines, or that of the RER B, but the traffic remained “Very disturbed” Or “Strongly disturbed” Friday evening. In a press release, the SNCF said the traffic “will remain very strongly disturbed on all the axes of and towards Paris North to the last train” Friday evening.

The demining actions completed. Demining operations are over, the Minister of Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot announced on Friday afternoon. He then hoped for the return of an almost normal circulation of trains “From 8 pm”.

Eurostar “added four trains” Friday evening. After announcing that none of his trains would circulate, Eurostar finally announced that he “Added four trains” Friday evening, or a round trip Paris-Londres and a round trip Paris-Brussels. Traffic has to resume normally on Saturday morning, with “Two additional trains” Added to the initial transport plan on Saturday, depending on the railway company.

The A1 and the peripheral temporarily closed. Part of the Parisian peripheral boulevard and the A1 motorway were closed during the demining operation, according to the Paris police headquarters. Around 2 p.m., the Sytadin site identified more than 200 km of cork on the roads of Ile-de-France, a level “exceptional” Compared to normal. At the end of the demining operations, at 4 p.m., “The A1 motorway has been reopened immediately”, announced the Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot.

Some 200 residents evacuated as a precaution. It was during work carried out on the night of Thursday to Friday that the explosive machine of 500 kg was discovered, 2.5 km from the Gare du Nord. The bomb was located approximately 200 m north of the device. Two hundred residents were evacuated by the police and the inhabitants of Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen located within a 500 m department were invited to confine themselves.

Disturbances for trains and RERs but not the metro. In total, the disturbances affected “500 trains” AND “600,000 people”said the Minister of Transport. The risk for security has led to the suspension of traffic. Some trains to Lille, Dunkirk and Valenciennes were postponed to the Gare de Lyon. RER B traffic was interrupted between Gare du Nord and the Plaine-Stade de France. On the other hand, the metro lines which serve the station of the North were not affected.